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pro·claim    Audio Help   [proh-kleym, pruh-] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
2.to announce or declare in an open or ostentatious way: to proclaim one's opinions.
3.to indicate or make known publicly or openly.
4.to extol or praise publicly: Let them proclaim the Lord.
5.to declare (a territory, district, etc.) subject to particular legal restrictions.
6.to declare to be an outlaw, evildoer, or the like.
7.to denounce or prohibit publicly.
–verb (used without object)
8.to make a proclamation.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L prōclāmāre to cry out. See pro-1, claim]

pro·claim·er, noun

1. advertise. See announce. 2. promulgate.
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pro·claim    Audio Help   (prō-klām', prə-)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   pro·claimed, pro·claim·ing, pro·claims
  1. To announce officially and publicly; declare. See Synonyms at announce.
  2. To indicate conspicuously; make plain: wearing a button that proclaimed my choice for president.
  3. To praise; extol.


[Middle English proclamen, proclaimen (influenced by claimen, to claim), from Old French proclamer, from Latin prōclāmāre : prō-, forward; see pro-1 + clāmāre, to cry out; see kelə-2 in Indo-European roots.]

pro·claim'er n., pro·clam'a·to'ry (prō-klām'ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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proclaim 
c.1400, from L. proclamare "cry or call out," from pro- "forth" + clamare "to cry out" (see claim). Proclamation "that which is proclaimed" is recorded from 1415.

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proclaim

verb
1. declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles; "He was proclaimed King" 
2. state or announce; "'I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty" 
3. affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President" [syn: predicate
4. praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" [syn: laud

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
proclaim [prəˈkleim, (American) prou-] verb
to announce or state publicly
Example: He was proclaimed the winner.
Arabic: يُعْلِن، يُشْهِر
Chinese (Simplified): 宣布
Chinese (Traditional): 宣佈
Czech: prohlásit
Danish: udråbe; proklamere
Dutch: uitroepen
Estonian: kuulutama
Finnish: julistaa
French: proclamer
German: verkünden
Greek: διακηρύσσω, ανακηρύσσω
Hungarian: kihirdet
Icelandic: lÿsa yfir, tilkynna
Indonesian: menyatakan
Italian: proclamare
Japanese: 宣言する
Korean: 포고하다, 선언하다
Latvian: proklamēt; pasludināt
Lithuanian: paskelbti
Norwegian: utrope, erklære, proklamere
Polish: ogłosić
Portuguese (Brazil): proclamar
Portuguese (Portugal): declarar
Romanian: a proclama
Russian: провозглашать
Slovak: vyhlásiť
Slovenian: razglasiti
Spanish: proclamar
Swedish: proklamera, tillkännage, kungöra, utropa
Turkish: bildirmek, ilân etmek
See also: proclamation

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Proclaim

An*nounce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Announced; p. pr. & vb. n. Announcing.] [OF. anoncier, F. annoncer, fr. L. annuntiare; ad + nuntiare to report, relate, nuntius messenger, bearer of news. See Nuncio, and cf. Annunciate.]

1. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.

Her [Q. Elizabeth's] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. --Gilpin.

2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.

Publish laws, announce Or life or death. --Prior.

Syn: To proclaim; publish; make known; herald; declare; promulgate.

Usage: To Publish, Announce, Proclaim, Promulgate. We publish what we give openly to the world, either by oral communication or by means of the press; as, to publish abroad the faults of our neighbors. We announce what we declare by anticipation, or make known for the first time; as, to announce the speedy publication of a book; to announce the approach or arrival of a distinguished personage. We proclaim anything to which we give the widest publicity; as, to proclaim the news of victory. We promulgate when we proclaim more widely what has before been known by some; as, to promulgate the gospel.
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